80s Cinema Club

Are you ready for this weeks action packed, adrenaline fuelled, truck driving, arm wrestling joy ride of a movie? Well we definitely weren't as there's some mixed feelings about this film going around.. We hope you enjoy our 50th Episode and we than you for listening and supporting the Podcast! Get ready for the next 50!

Back to our old friend John Hughes this week with Planes, Trains and Automobiles. It's a bit of a switch from his teen films we have liked so much, will this reflect on our thoughts? From this weeks episode you can expect wet socks, a lot of talk about thanksgiving without showing the dinner and a lengthy conversation about if it would be possible to use a plane, train and automobile in 90 minutes...

Bit of a spooky one this week. Another Horror by John Carpenter that focuses on religious aspects to make it just that little bit more chilling. Apart from that, in this weeks episode you can expect a lot of characters who are as thick as the fog, a backstory that seems like a more interesting movie and ZOMBIES......actually I don't think they are zombies, don't really know what they are.

For some reason we've been putting this one off for almost a year but it's finally time to cut loose and review Footloose! Come with us too a small town where dancing is illegal and one city boy plans to change that. You can expect some classic 80s music, the slowest game of chicken on the vehicles you would least expect and a lot (and I mean a lot) of DANCING!

Now this week is a strange one. As you may be able to tell from the title this film is about 3 specific things. And in that sense the film is definitely telling the truth as there is literally nothing going on expect people talking about sex, lies or funnily enough videotape. You can expect an extended conversation about 'garbage' with a therapist, some of the blandest acting ever seen and your tw...

This week we are looking at the classic comedy from the 80s that is Police academy! It may not have aged greatly but there is definitely some redeemable qualities that make this film fun to watch. Expect a Christmas song in January, an unfortunate incident with a horse and a romantic relationship with absolutely no development.

This week we are diving back into the world of teen films as we watch one of John Hughes most memorable movies, The Breakfast Club! From this episode you can expect our first guest in over ten episodes, some very serious topics and one of the most iconic ending freeze frames of all time.

In todays episode we review the 1982 film, Diner. This is an authentic friendship tale about a group of young men just living their lives. You can expect some of our worst jokes yet, the most casually planned affair ever and some strange popcorn placement.

You've got the touch! You've got the power! As this week we are taking a look at the animated transformers film following the characters from the original TV series. Expect all your favourite characters to die, no time to pause between action sequences and probably one of the best soundtracks ever.

For our final Christmas adventure we are taking a look at a more controversial film. This is not because of any offensive content but rather its classification as a Christmas film. There's only one film it could be...Die Hard! Take a trip to Nakatomi Plaza with us and John McClane where you can expect weird plane travel tips, the most oblivious limo driver and more than enough festive F-Bombs for...

Back with another Christmas film! This week we take a drive out to the forest with Chevy Chase to pick out the best tree, as we watch National Lampoon's Christmas vacation. From this episode you can expect way to many Christmas lights, lots of Chevy Chase and some crispy cooked cat.

For our second Christmas special we are taking a look at a modern take on a classic story. That Classic story is A Christmas Carol and we are watching Scrooged! Join us on this adventure to the past and the future where you can expect a barking human, possibly the worst Christmas present of all time and the most happy reaction to being held at gun point.

Ho! Ho! Ho! It is time for the first of our Christmas specials! There's no better way to start than with a good old movie about Santa (although there isn't a whole lot of Santa}. From this weeks episode you can expect a cartoonishly evil villain, a whole lot of elf puns and the quickest Santa Clause origin story ever.

Join us on earth where Howard the Duck has landed and is getting into all sorts of trouble! Get ready for this George Lucas produced Marvel film which includes an awkward relationship between a duck and a human, a scientist who looks like his body is boiling and duck breasts.....no seriously.

In this weeks episode we review one of our favourite films alongside a very special guest. This episode is extremely important to us as it is not only an amazing film we are looking at but for us it shows how far we have come in the pursuit of film and the analysis of them. From this extra long episode you can expect quite a lengthy conversation about a teenagers bedroom, discussion of stereotypic...

It's hard to put this weeks film into words. Out of the many movies we have covered, this review of 'Do the Right Thing' definitely goes deeper into the symbolism of the events and characters shown in the film. But we like to keep things light, so this week, get ready for Gus Fring if he did the meth and one of the best names of any character ever (Mister Señor Love Daddy).

This week we are taking somewhat of a depressing turn into the dystopian world of George Orwell's 1984. This film looks at a version of the world that has been taken over by propaganda and where no ones thoughts are safe anymore. Expect talk on sewer rats, politics and Trigger from Only Fools and Horses.

The Shining is seen as one of the best examples of psychological horror ever, so we decided to watch it and judge for ourselves. Will we agree with most people who love it or funnily enough Stephen King who hates it. Expect talk on amazing acting performances, author critiques and Harry's Halloween voice.

When a spaceship that looks like a circus tent lands on Earth, out of it come the Killer Klowns, ready to torment and kill anyone who they come across. In this episode expect talk on candy floss testicles, acidic pies and a lot of clown names.

On our third spooky adventure we are taking a dip into Crystal Lake and reviewing Friday the 13th on Friday the 13th (I can't believe it either). Join us for talk on strip monopoly, murderers weird hiding places and Kevin Bacons neck!

One cabin, 5 friends and a really weird book. This week we are taking a look at one of the most famous 'video nasties' to ever exist! That's right, we are reviewing the Evil Dead. In this episode of Sam Raimi madness expect talk on whether a blender is a priority item to take on a trip to a creepy cabin, the practicality of writing in blood and a very strange tree...

In our first scary movie of October we take a look at Wes Cravens A Nightmare on Elm Street. Get ready to follow Nancy up the porridge filled stairs as we talk about bottomless baths, how much blood is in Johnny Depp's body and the insanely short amount of time it takes a 15 year old girl to trap her house home alone style.

A future over run with crime. So much crime in fact that the entire island of Manhattan has to be made into a prison. It is into this prison that Airforce One crashes and the president is captured and taken hostage. Join us, as we follow Snake on a solo rescue operation to find the most important man in America,. as this week we review Escape from New York. Expect our longest episode yet, lots of...

This week on the 80s Cinema Club we find ourselves in 1984 where an almost unstoppable covert killing machine is hunting down Sarah Connor. She believes herself to be an ordinary person but she is actually the mother of the saviour of humanity, she just didn't know it yet. Listen to our review of the Terminator as we discuss magically shrinking clothes, stop motion murder robots and the shift patt...

When Axel Foleys best friend is killed he must leave Detroit and travel to Beverly Hills to find the killers and avenge his friend. A long the way he meets up with an old friend and has some fun with police officers that act as basically just comic relief. Join us this week as we review Beverly Hills Cop!